Similarities Between Family Guy And Freud

The journalist, Judith Martin, states “The greater the controversy, the more you need manners.” In other words, no matter a person’s position on someone’s beliefs, they should respect them regardless. Some people have a plethora of negative opinions of Family Guy, whereas others are huge fans. In Antonia Peacocke’s controversial essay, “Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious,” she portrays the belief that Family Guy is actually more logical and less ignorant, than people believe. I would have to agree with Peacocke because some people fear the things they do not understand, hence their dislike of Family Guy. Although I wasn’t always a fan of Family Guy, like Peacocke and many others, I have since come to enjoy it. Perhaps it is seemingly ignorant, and while that may be benign, I find it to accurately depict reality. …show more content…
It was in fact my belief that the show was not only racist and stereotypical, but pure ignorance, that caused my dislike. In Peacocke’s essay, Stephen Dubner, stated, “Family Guy is ‘a cartoon comedy that packs more gags per minute about race, sex incest, bestiality, etc than any other show he could think of’” (300). With this, I completely disagree, because Family Guy has many recurring themes of homosexuality, horrific events, like the Holocaust, 9/11, or the Boston Marathon bombings, suicide, etc. Themes like those above, may cause a person to be uncomfortable or sad. Many people have lost friends and family members due to some of those events, and some of these people may watch Family Guy. While watching, they may take some of the show’s jokes